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Protocol-wise I'm guessing eliminating all abdominal fat if at all possible using moderate daily exercise.

Food choice-wise I'm guessing eliminating all sugars, including and especially fructose, and any potentially allergic substances like Milk and Wheat. And any personally high insulin response foods... and a moderated slower than usual eating pattern.

Testing-wise I'm guessing a high sensitivity C-reactive and cytokine panel.. but I'm not sure if a full blood panel would provide any insight to pursue these goals.

Worst case I guess it could be misguided, but I don't see any of it as potentially harmful.

Here is a quote from an Oxford journal that suggests AMD might be attributable to high levels of C-reactiveprotein unchecked by a variation in a gene often found in people who have AMD.

heavily paraphrased, the original has citations and much more precise wording:

"Six independent studies have found, a particularly strong candidate gene variant is for complement factor H (CFH). CFH has an anti-inflammatory role. The polymorphism of the CFH gene, codes for a region of the protein that binds heparin and C-reactiveprotein. It has been hypothesized that this amino acid change decreases the affinity for these and compromises the anti-inflammatory effect of CFH. Indeed, inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of AMD via increased C-reactiveprotein levels"

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